Chances at a BA/MD and Other Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Schools: Brown PLME, URochester REMS, Drexel, UMCP, UPenn, Harvard, Princeton, Hopkins, Duke, got any suggestions? :P</p>

<p>GPA: unweighted: 4.0 / weighted 4.76</p>

<p>SATI: 2350 (800 Math, 790 Critical Reading, 760 Writing) - First time, I'm not taking it again either... (does it matter to universities that I took this as a sophomore and not a junior?)</p>

<p>SATII: 740 Biology-M and 750 Literature. Taking Math2 in October</p>

<p>AP: Calc BC, Biology, English Language&Comp, World History, NSL (National/State/Local Gov't), Statistics all 5. Taking AP Literature&Comp and AP Chemistry as a senior. I MIGHT self study for AP Psych (do you recommend?)</p>

<p>Race: Indian
Sex: Male</p>

<p>Classes Taken that may be of significance
H. Anatomy and Physiology
Biotechnology (Montgomery County refuses to offer this for Honors credit even though it's quite difficult, even for an honors level class. High workload)
AP Calc BC, Stat, Lang, World, NSL, Biology, (Chemistry and Lit senior year)
C++
Spanish up to level 3H (Could have easily continued but decided to take Biotech)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
Piano (Fine Arts credit)
AP Literature
AP Chemistry
Internship</p>

<p>Unlike many students doing AP Calc BC as juniors, I've decided not to take MVC in high school (school doesn't offer, and I'd rather do the internship)</p>

<p>The internship in question is the HHMI NIH Internship, which is a full-year research internship at the National Institutes of Health. I'm in a PET Radiopharmaceuticals Lab synthesizing new molecular precursors that will be radioactively tagged (adjacent lab, I can't do it without at least a Masters in Chemistry) and used for clinical trials to diagnose alzhiemers. It's a lot of organic chemistry! (5 days a week for about 20 hours during school year, and 40 hours a week this summer for 3 months)</p>

<p>Other EC:
Debate and Forensics team Captain, made county Finals in both. (going on 4 years)
It's Academic Team Vice President (same)
President of Environmental Club (2 years)
NHS Secretary
Key Club (going on 4 years)
SADD (going on 2 years)
Literary Magazine (the one year we had it)
Young Republicans (just started last year)
Science Club (2 years)</p>

<p>Activities / Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist (might be a finalist, who knows?)
Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award - University of Rochester
1 Week Biomedical Science program at University of MD - College Park sponsored by HHMI (howard hughes medical institute)
2 Day symposium on evolution - sponsored by HHMI (gosh they really like me!)
~ 400 service hours</p>

<p>yeah, sorry for the awfully long read... downtime in the lab so I got caught up in it.</p>

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<p>Any ideas please?</p>

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<p>only going to spanish 3 may hurt alot more than you think. the ivy league schools like and some demand 4 years of a language (up to spanish 4). i'm not sure if they will not admit you on that, but it may cause a few rejections not having all the required curriculum. have you thought about taking up spanish again and switching ap chem to single period ap physics. and dont self study for ap psych if the college you end up going to doesnt accept it for credit. other than that you have great chances to get into most of the schools you apply to. but brown harvard and princeton are the hardest</p>

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<p>I realize that the 3 years of spanish isn't the best possibility but it's what allowed me to take Biotechnology and sealed the deal for getting the internship that I have now. Believe me, if I had a full schedule, I would take a fourth year of spanish. I enjoy learning it, and did fine in the class, I just lacked space.</p>

<p>Our school offers AP Physics after lunch only, and it's double period anyway. </p>

<p>Yeah I'd wait for decisions before self studying :P</p>

<p>I really am not too interested in Harvard and Princeton, I'm more intent on going to Brown PLME or Rochester REMS. </p>

<p>Although AP Chemistry is not required, it would be really strange of me to not take it after such a science intensive set of classes and activities I've already taken (does that make any sense at all?).</p>

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<p>have you thought about the rice/baylor ba/md program, or miami's 7 year HPME program, these are two that i would expect to be on your list.</p>

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<p>nice post count... hmmm. not miami, i need to read up on rice.</p>

<p>Add WashU @ St. Louis to that list up there!</p>

<p>Can somebody give me their estimation on what the think I have as matches and reaches?</p>

<p>Oh, I've won the Allworld Language Consultants Essay Award 2 years in a row now, it's an award given to the student who writes about how his school fulfill's the company's goal of promoting diversity.</p>

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<p>I'm looking more at the Rice/Baylor... I really don't think that Miami is the right environment for me (heck, I doubt texas is but I guess it's worth a shot!)</p>

<p>I realize that unlike many other students (on this forum) who apply to BA/MD programs, or just really top level schools, I'm lacking in the awards and out-of-school extracurriculars department. I haven't taken courses at a nearby university and don't do that much (relatively speaking, of course) in terms of community service (I don't go overseas/out of state to build houses/teach them proper hygenic techniques). However, the internship itself amounts to something like 1200 lab hours, so I hope that means something to the schools I'm applying to.</p>

<p>Again, thanks for the help, anybody wish to give me what they think my chances are (match/reach/safety) at these schools?</p>

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<p>Brown PLME - Big Reach
URochester REMS - Reach but you should get into Rochester
Drexel - Match if BSMD
UMCP - Safe
UPenn - Reach
Harvard - Big Reach
Princeton - Big Reach
Hopkins - Slight Reach/Reach
Duke - Reach</p>

<p>try looking at case western for BS/MD and Howard, GW, NU (though very hard) have it too. Cal tech/UCSD also does BS/MD except it is 8 years and for people who want to be research doctors.</p>

<p>Do you think it is possible to self study for the bio SATII and get 700+? (i saw you took it)</p>

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<p>Hmm, yeah. I know somebody who did that. It's just quiet a bit of memorization and association. I screwed up on mine REALLY bad... I should have studied but I figured I was sharp a month after the AP Bio exam... I was going to retake it, but the 5 on the AP convinced me it isn't really worth it.</p>

<p>I didn't like the Northwestern program, and don't want to attend neither Howard nor GW.</p>

<p>What are you basing your chances given to me on? (just wondering, I've seen some of the people's stats here on CC and so I'm definately not as good as them but still moderately surprised to see Hopkins listed as a reach considering the research experience I have and their emphasis on undergraduate research) ... Yah I know I'm really asking for it when I ask people for their assessments and I know that they aren't necessarily accurate :P</p>

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<p>hopkins is a reach for all applicants (except the best lax players) so there is a chance they will reject you for no real reason (the problem with top tier schools). you probably will get in, but your research isnt the absolute best because there are always kids who do more no matter how good you are.</p>

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<p>Yup <em>looks through threads on this forum and gets disappointed at how little he has</em></p>

<p>The research really kills any time I would have to do other activities, but the experience here at NIH and working with nuclear medicine is worth it at least in my opinion. I'm not sure if any of the colleges will agree though</p>

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<p>Can I get some other people's opinions?</p>

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<p>i think you'd definitely be a match at hopkins
i have seen friends w/out any research, not as many activities, lesser scores get in</p>

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<p>Thanks! Any other opinions?</p>

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<p>um...wow to me, these stats are impressive, but so many schools are reaches?</p>

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<p>Oh.. umm I'm applying to UVA and Dartmouth and Columbia, and I dropped Princeton from the list... I dont really care for drexel BA/MD either.</p>

<p>I'm not too worried about how reachable the schools are... it's not like I would mind JHU or UMCP or UVA anyway! They're all relatively good schools and really closeby (again, relatively speaking)</p>